Smith County TN Archives Military Records.....Fitzpatrick, John
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of John Fitzpatrick, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll 985, Application #W7276
Sarah Fitzpatrick, widow of JOHN FITZPATRICK, a resident of Smith County,
Tennessee:
BENJAMIN STARRITT…that he was well acquainted with JOHN FITZPATRICK of
Surrey, North Carolina in the days of the Revolutionary War…The said JOHN
FITZPATRICK entered the service of the United States in company with affiant as
a drafted militia man for a tour of six months in Colonel PAISLEY’s regiment
and Captain DONNELL’s company, which tour he served out and was discharged on
Savannah River and returned home. During this tour, we were at the Battle of
Briar Creek [per Heitman, March 3, 1779].”
“That we remained at home in the same neighborhood until GATE’s Defeat at
Camden [per Heitman, August 16, 1780], immediately after which time myself and
the said JOHN FITZPATRICK again entered the service of the United States in a
light horse or cavalry company commanded by Captain DANIEL GILLESPIE in a
regiment commanded by Colonel JOHN GILLESPIE. That the said JOHN FITZPATRICK
remained in said service with this affiant and was in the mess with one HUGH
MCCRORY, who was also a member of said company.”
“That we remained in said service, being transferred to Colonel LEE’s Legion,
which was just before the Battle of Guilford [per Heitman, March 15, 1781].
That we were both at said battle, after which time we remained in service under
General GREENE and was marched to the south. That we remained in said service
until close of the war, and was honorably discharged at the Fort near a place
called the Two Sisters on Savannah River, after which time we returned home.”
“That during the time we were in said service, the said JOHN FITZPATRICK was a
good and efficient soldier. That affiant was occasionally called upon and acted
as a lieutenant to his company. That we were in various other battles, to wit:
Wahab Lane [per Heitman, September 21, 1780] against the Tories, and at
Charlotte [per Heitman, September 26, 1780] and the Eutaw Springs [per Heitman,
September 8, 1781]…Affiant also understood that he [FITZPATRICK] performed
other tours of militia service previous to his marriage, but of this, affiant
can say nothing of his own knowledge.”
October 1838-Sarah Fitzpatrick…JOHN FITZPATRICK was a Revolutionary soldier,
and served as a private in the regular army previous to her marriage with him
from four to five years as she heard him say, but she cannot say under what
captains or other officers…She recollects that just before the marriage took
place, her husband was out on a tour of service, she does not know whether
three or six months, but knows it was when the Battle of King’s Mountain [per
Heitman, October 7, 1780]. He was a light horseman and he afterwards when he
came home showed this affiant where a bullet had cut through the lower part of
his horse’s neck in the battle.”
“It was not very long after this day, the 7th of June following [1780-her dates
are not matching battle dates], this affiant and the said JOHN FITZPATRICK were
married in Surry County, NC…”A short time after the marriage, it came time to
his turn to go again into the service. He was drafted for a tour of three
months and was marched to Bluford’s Bridge on she thinks, the Black River. She
knows it was called Bluford’s Bridge. He served this time three months, and was
discharged a few days before she heard of the taking of LORD CORNWALLIS at
Little York October 19, 1781]. But she recollects that when the British army
passed on to Virginia where they were taken, that they stayed all night
encamped close to where she was living and her husband had not then returned
home from his last tour above mentioned…”
March 1849-Sarah Fitzpatrick…states that…he remained in service until the close
of the war…and returned home. This she thinks was some time in the early part
of the year 1783…She has frequently heard her husband, the said JOHN
FITZPATRICK speak of having performed various other tours of service previous
to her marriage, but the particulars of which she cannot speak...recollects
that he was in the service the greater part of his time after their marriage
until the close of the war."
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